Earl Audet
American football player (1921–2002)
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::summary American football player (1921–2002) ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox NFL biography"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Earl Audet |
| image | Audet-Earl-1946.jpg |
| caption | Audet in 1946 |
| number | 27, 42, 98 |
| position | Tackle |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| death_date | |
| death_place | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| height_ft | 6 |
| height_in | 2 |
| weight_lb | 252 |
| college | Georgetown |
| USC | |
| draftyear | 1944 |
| draftround | 3 |
| draftpick | 23 |
| statleague | NFL/AAFC |
| statlabel1 | Games played |
| statvalue1 | 51 |
| statlabel2 | Games started |
| statvalue2 | 25 |
| pfr | AudeEa20 |
| :: |
| name = Earl Audet | image = Audet-Earl-1946.jpg | caption = Audet in 1946 | number = 27, 42, 98 | position = Tackle | birth_date = | birth_place = Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lb = 252 | college = Georgetown USC | draftyear = 1944 | draftround = 3 | draftpick = 23 | pastteams =
- Washington Redskins ()
- Los Angeles Dons ()
- Calgary Stampeders (1950) | statleague = NFL/AAFC | statlabel1 = Games played | statvalue1 = 51 | statlabel2 = Games started | statvalue2 = 25 | pfr = AudeEa20
Earle Toussaint Audet (May 14, 1921 – December 18, 2002) was an American football offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins, as well as the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). He played college football at the University of Southern California, where he joined Theta Chi fraternity, and was drafted in the third round of the 1944 NFL draft.
As an actor, he played minor roles in Tahiti Honey (1943), Black Bart (1948) and All American (1953).
His wife DeDe, a graduate of Venice High School and longtime community activist and volunteer, served on Venice Town Council in the 1960s and 1970s, as President of Venice Neighborhood Council after Earl's death before retiring in 2017 to move to Culver City.
Audet was also an accomplished shot putter, winning the 1943 and 1944 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in that event.
Early life and education
Audet was a member of the Marines during World War II.
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Dons-vs-Fortyniners-program-471102.jpg" caption="Audet (top right) on the program for a November 2, 1947 game with the rival San Francisco 49ers."] ::
References
References
- American Film Institute. (1995). "The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Film beginnings, 1893–1910". [[Scarecrow Press]].
- "Mayor selects former Venice Neighborhood Council president DeDe Audet as 'True Angel' | the Argonaut Newsweekly".
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- Lasher, George Starr (editor), [https://books.google.com/books?id=ndLnAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Earl+Audet%22+marines&pg=PA16 "The Rattle of Theta Chi"], volume 34, number 1, November 1945, p. 16.
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